A salt flux model for salinity change through ice production in the Greenland Sea, and its relationship to winter convection

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2003, Pages

  Wilkinson, J P ^a   Wadhams, P ^a,b  

^a SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Greenland Sea; Open ocean convection; Sea ice

Indexed keywords

CONVECTION; ICE DRIFT; ICE MECHANICS; SALINITY; SEA ICE;

GREENLAND SEA;

EID: 0041823342     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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